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Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Gillellus: Theodore Nicolas Gill (1837-1914) researcher of abyssal fishes and systematics (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina. Tropical
Western Atlantic: northeastern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Cuba to Brazil; doubtfully from Bermuda.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 22; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 20; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 31.
Inhabits patches of sand around coral reefs, seagrass beds, boulders and pilings. Avoids open beaches.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 663 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 121 [59, 205] mg/100g; Iron = 0.704 [0.398, 1.214] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.3, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.116 [0.064, 0.207] g/100g; Selenium = 28.2 [11.5, 62.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 184 [59, 590] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.86 [1.19, 2.68] mg/100g (wet weight);